DIX GOES SPANISH WITH THELMA TODD

The Robin Hood theme has been picked up again by the movies. Witness "Rose of the Golden West" and the current Metropolitan attraction, Richard Dix in "The Gay Defender". Be it remarked immediately that they did these things better with the help of Mary Pickford's husband. Certainly there are enough important Latins in Hollywood to keep Mr. Dix, the American of them all, out of slit Spanish trousers and Mexican fandangos. He is pre-eminently a home boy and should be discouraged in any more attempts to hit for Fairbanks. The film as casual amusement is pleasing enough. Thelma Todd is good to look upon and seems slightly more than beautiful. Additional fact of striking import,--she hails from Lawrence, Mass! The John Murray Anderson show heads the divertissement which has shown a pronounced bigger and better pre-Christmas tendency of late.